Excess pore pressures within subducting sediments: Does the proportion of accreted versus subducted sediments matter?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Screaton, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; PORE PRESSURE; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

ACCRETIONARY SUBDUCTION ZONES; NON-ACCRETIONARY SUBDUCTION ZONES; SEISMOGENESIS; SUBDUCTING SEDIMENTS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; DECOLLEMENT; DEFORMATION; PORE PRESSURE; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

EID: 33745857249     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL025737     Document Type: Article

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